New interpretations of the skull of a primitive bony fish Erpetoichthys calabaricus (Actinopterygii: Cladistia)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1021-1039

  Claeson, Kerin M ^a   Bemis, William E ^b   Hagadorn, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial; CT; Polypteridae; Polypterus; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GILL; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; FISHES; GILLS; JAW; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ERPETOICHTHYS CALABARICUS; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; POLYPTERIDAE; POLYPTERIFORMES; POLYPTERUS; POLYPTERUS BICHIR; POLYPTERUS SENEGALUS;

EID: 35349008106     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10567     Document Type: Article

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